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| The seizure of a country or territory by a stronger country. Also controlling the political, economic, and social life of the weaker country. |
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| How did Industrialization motivate countries to control other countries/territories? |
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| As European nations industrialized, they searched for new markets and raw resources. |
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| What is the basic idea of Social Darwinism? |
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| Survival of the fittest. Therefore Europeans believed that they had the right to take over inferior countries. |
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| What was an important factor in remaining independent from European countries? |
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| Countries that modernized had a better chance of remaining independent from European countries. |
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| What were the two competing views of the colonized people during the time of Imperialism? |
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| Some locals welcomed the modernization the Europeans brought to their country. Others did not want to be controlled, nor have outside influences over their own culture. |
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| a policy in which a nation forces or encourages a subject people to adopt its institutions and customs. |
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| a policy of treating subject people as if they were children, providing for their needs but not giving them rights. |
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| Why was the Suez canal in Egypt important to European countries? |
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| It provided a waterway for quicker transportation of people and products. |
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| Why were European nations interested in controlling the Muslim lands? |
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| For their strategic location and natural resources. |
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| What motivated the nations of Europe to engage in imperialist activities? |
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| Nationalism, economic competition, and spreading religion. |
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| What country colonized both Hawaii, Puerto Rico, Guam, and the Philippines? |
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| What country established colonial rule in Indochina? |
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| Which two European countries claimed the most territory on the continent of Africa? |
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| France (North Eastern) and Great Britain (North Western and Southern) |
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| Berlin Conference of 1884-85 |
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| Conference establishing rules for the division of Africa by European nations. |
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| The adding of a region to the territory of an existing political unit. |
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| What was a major reason Melenik II of Ethiopia able to defeat Italy and remain independent? |
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| What purpose did Mohandas Gandhi use his philosophy of nonviolent noncooperation in India |
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| In order to help gain independence from Great Britain |
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